While I'm not new to aquariums, I'm far from an expert and, I am new to planted tanks. This is my first go at it. I have a 40-gallon breeder with an inch of Miracle grow performance organics (in-ground) soil and a half-inch cap of black diamond blasting sand. I planted and filled the tank a...

I've been experimenting with a ten gallon Chinese porcelain bowl as a suitable aquarium over the years. I'd had pretty good success using a Fluval cannister set up and a couple of sprigs of anubias barteri The bowl gets about an hour of direct sunlight a day. Things were fine until I started...

I just built my first 5 gallon natural fish tank with soil, gravel, and plants for my betta fish Poppy. I've been testing the water quality with the "API 5 in 1" test strips, which my local aquarium store says they use. The results in both my current 2.6 gallon tank (where my fish currently is)...

I continue have trouble growing plants using potting soil (Walstad method) in my new tank. so I set up a small jar with the soil I plan to use in my 29 gallon aquarium, but plants are not working as expected, I see little growth. So I continue to do the experiment to see how the soil behaves...

Hello all, I'm moving from Vermont to North Carolina in mid July. I'm not looking for any trades or compensation, just looking a good home for some critters and some plants. If anyone is in the Burlington VT area, I have 1 Amano shrimp, and 3 Kuhli loaches that need homes. I also have two...